The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.
These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, German: Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [''The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945'']. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had been nominated for the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 448 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name starts with "R". The AKCR named 447 recipients. Scherzer has challenged the validity of 11 of these listings but also identified one additional legitimate recipient, Siegfried Rieger. The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, German: [[Reichsgesetzblatt]] I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.[1] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.[2] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).[3] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.[4]
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 448 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "R", 46 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, eight the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, two the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 41 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 295 of the medals, including the additional recipient identified by Scherzer; 16 went to the Kriegsmarine, 98 to the Luftwaffe, and 39 to the Waffen-SS. The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.
| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit[5] | Date of award | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of a Kampfgruppe in Grenadier-Regiment 77 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 161 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 79 | Died of wounds 30 March 1943 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 97. Jäger-Division | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 176 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Gefreiter | Group leader in Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1 "Hermann Göring" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 54 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Leader of the II./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Grenade launcher troop leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 45 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Heavy machine gunner in the 4./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 | Died of wounds 7 November 1943 | ||||
| ? | Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Festungs-Infanterie-Bataillon XXIII./999 | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Leader of the 23. Panzer-Division | Awarded (882nd) Oak Leaves 9 May 1945? | |||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 53 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Flak-Sturm-Regiment 35 (motorized) | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 | Awarded 444th Oak Leaves 6 April 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 93 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 169. Infanterie-Division | ||||
| Kriegsmarine | Großadmiral | Commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine | |||||
| [6] | Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle" (motorized) | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 309 | Awarded 842nd Oak Leaves 17 April 1945 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Füsilier-Regiment 27 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Schützen-Regiment 86 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 48 | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 16./Jäger-Regiment 38 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 | Awarded 833rd Oak Leaves 15 April 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 95 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Assault gun leader in Feldersatz-Bataillon 4 (L) | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 11./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 | Awarded 134th Oak Leaves 26 October 1942 34th Swords 12 September 1943 | |||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | Chief of the 15. Vorpostenflottille | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1141 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Gun leader of the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 561 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberst | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment | Awarded 145th Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 99th Swords 19 September 1944 20th Diamonds 19 September 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 53 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 | Killed in action 21 March 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Demi Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | Killed in action 17 November 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 88 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 121. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 2. Flak-Division (motorized) | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 7. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 751st Oak Leaves 24 February 1945 | |||
| Heer | Oberfähnrich | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 616 (self-motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Kampfgruppen leader in Luftwaffen-Regiment "Barenthin" | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 335. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Company chief in Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 85 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 192 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 577 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 871 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the Stabsstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 123. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Commander of Flak-Sturm-Regiment 41 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 192 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Squadron chief in Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 256 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 131 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of the 6. Schützen-Brigade | Awarded 280th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 | |||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Gun leader in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 294 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 83 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Schützen-Regiment 4 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of estn. Freiwilligen-Bataillon 658 | Awarded (875th) Oak Leaves 9 May 1945? | |||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Commander of the staff quarter of the XI. SS-Panzerkorps and leader of a Kampfgruppe in the Halbe Pocket | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Adjutant in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 30 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Hermann Göring" | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 10 "Frundsberg" | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Fregattenkapitän | Commander of Zerstörer Z-29 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 161. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 54 | Awarded 319th Oak Leaves 6 November 1943 104th Swords 23 October 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of Radfahr-Schwadron 255 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 89 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Gun leader in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 173 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 SS-Division "Totenkopf" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 134 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 27 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Untersturmführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 254 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 276 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 23 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Observer in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | Killed in action 30 December 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1156 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 14 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander Füsilier-Bataillon 126 | Killed in action 25 February 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 27 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Assault Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 411 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 5 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 274 | Killed in action 25 January 1944 | ||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 192 | Awarded 762nd Oak Leaves 5 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 434 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Leader of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland" | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Füsilier-Regiment 26 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 529 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Chief of the General Staff of Armee-Abteilung Narwa | |||||
| Heer | General der Artillerie | Commander-in-chief of the 10. Armee | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 711. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Zerstörer-Abteilung 156 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 292. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 448 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 8./Jäger-Regiment 459 (L) of the 6. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Flak-Regiment 12 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Radio troop leader in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 358 | Died of wounds 31 January 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 44 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Commander of the 18. Flak-Division | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 724 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 | Awarded 582nd Oak Leaves 10 September 1944 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Ia (operations officer) with the commander of Kowel | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 69. Infanterie-Division | Killed in action 18 January 1945 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the Stabsstaffel/Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | Killed in action 21 August 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the (Fern)Aufklärungs-Gruppe 3 | Killed in action 25 December 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 81 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 8./Schützen-Regiment 6 | Died of wounds 20 January 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Panzer commander in Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1122 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 121 | |||||
| + | Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 337 | Awarded 608th Oak Leaves 30 September 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 3./Flak-Regiment 36 (motorized) | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Unteroffizier | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77 | Awarded 131st Oak Leaves 7 October 1942 130th Swords 1 February 1945 | |||
| Heer | General der Infanterie | Commanding general of the LI. Armeekorps | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 421 | Awarded 306th Oak Leaves 28 September 1943 118th Swords 24 December 1944 | |||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Group leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 166 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander in the 4. Panzer-Division | Awarded 73rd Oak Leaves 17 February 1942 68th Swords 26 May 1944 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 241 | Died of wounds 4 September 1941 | ||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1141 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 518 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 109 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 7./Sturm-Regiment 215 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg" | |||||
| ? | Waffen-SS | Waffen-Sturmbannführer | Commander of Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment of the SS | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Group leader in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 6 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitän zur See | Commander of heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 9 "Legion Condor" | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 89 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Festungsgrenadier-Regiment "Reinkober" in the fortress Breslau | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Bataillon 2102 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 19 | Awarded 702nd Oak Leaves 18 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Feldersatz-Bataillon 212 | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Richtkanonier (gunner) in the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 297 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 164 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 215 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Deputy leader of the 4./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 17 | Died of wounds 8 November 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the III./Schützen-Regiment 104 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Untersturmführer | Leader of Stabskompanie/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 "Frundsberg" | Killed in action 15 August 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 | Killed in action 8 August 1944 | ||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 2.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 11 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | Awarded 325th Oak Leaves 12 November 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Schneidemühl | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 27 | Killed in action 2 April 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Deputy leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 464 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Gun leader in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 132 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 52. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 271st Oak Leaves 15 August 1943 122nd Swords 18 January 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 | Awarded 664th Oak Leaves 25 November 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 8./Schützen-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1818 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 462 | Killed in action 17 August 1943 | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 5 | Awarded 770th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Kosaken-Regiment 360 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 2./SS-Flak-Abteilung 2 "Reich" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 537 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 26 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of SS-Schützen-Bataillon (motorized) 6 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring" | Killed in action 23 October 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 52 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the Stab/Jagdgeschwader 301 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | |||||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 9 "Hohenstaufen" | ||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 5 | Awarded 425th Oak Leaves 13 March 1944 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Chief of the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Commander of the 4. Flieger-Division | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 62. Infanterie-Division | Killed in action 22 December 1942 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 418 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 219 | |||||
| + | Heer | Stabsfeldwebel | Leader of the 7./Jäger-Regiment 49 | Awarded 633rd Oak Leaves 28 October 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 45 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 122 | Awarded 710th Oak Leaves 21 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 519 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 386 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 279 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 43 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 13. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division | Awarded 672nd Oak Leaves 28 November 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 18 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 530 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 439 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 6./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 35. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 623rd Oak Leaves 18 October 1944 | |||
| + | Heer | Rittmeister | Leader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 24 | Awarded 825th Oak Leaves 8 April 1945 | |||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 401 | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Machine gunner in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 42 | Awarded 818th Oak Leaves 5 April 1945 | |||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 "Frundsberg" | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 121 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 77 | Died of wounds 2 June 1943 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Leader of the 4./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer of the Reserves | Commander of the SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 5 "Wiking" | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 304 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Radio/wireless operator in the Stab Nachtjagdgruppe 10 | |||||
| Heer | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | Aide-de-camp in the Stab II./Grenadier-Regiment 31 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 97 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot and observer in the 3.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 12 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Board/flight mechanic in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 263. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of SS-Sturmgeschütz-Batterie/SS-"Totenkopf"-Division | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Commanding general of the VIII. Fliegerkorps | Awarded 26th Oak Leaves 17 July 1941 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | Killed in action 5 January 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 320 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 586 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 9./Schlachtgeschwader 10 | Killed in action 6 June 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Company leader in the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 311 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 2 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg" | |||||
| ? | Luftwaffe | Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Leader of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Aide-de-camp in the regimental stab of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 524 | Awarded 186th Oak Leaves 25 January 1943 | |||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 76 | Awarded 696th Oak Leaves 14 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Jagd-Panzer-Abteilung II (Panzergrenadier-Division "Kurmark") | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" | |||||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 2./SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 "Das Reich" | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Schlachtgeschwader 3 | Killed in action 1 July 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | Killed in action 2 December 1941 | ||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Company messenger in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 2 "Scharnhorst" | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Gun leader in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 55 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | Waffen-Unterscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Waffen-Füsilier-Bataillon 19 of the SS | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of 4./Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 272 | Killed in action 15 March 1945 | ||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Leader of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40 "Horst Wessel" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 5 in the DAK | Killed in action 17 June 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Oberjäger | Rifle leader in the 14./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 282 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Untersturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the 5./Freiwilligen SS-Artillerie-Regiment 54 "Nederland" | |||||
| + | Heer | Gefreiter | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 513 | Awarded 210th Oak Leaves 14 March 1943 | |||
| Waffen-SS | Waffen-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 45 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 575 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 84 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 5. Gebirgs-Division | Awarded 312th Oak Leaves 25 October 1943 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 215 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Heavy machine gun demi Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Sturmgruppe "Stahl" in the Fallschirm-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch" | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 | Killed in action 13 April 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 552 | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Machine gunner in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 670 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 478 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 89 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Adjutant in Panzergrenadier-Regiment 60 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 474 | Awarded 704th Oak Leaves 18 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 129. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 88. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 610th Oak Leaves 10 October 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 366 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 88 | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 560 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 62 | Killed in action 17 October 1941 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 44 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 529 | |||||
| [7] | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 67 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 13 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 57 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 276 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 9 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Stabsobersteuermann | Commander of Räumboot R-23 in the 1. Räumbootsflottille | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 5 | Awarded 287th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943 | |||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of Radfahr-Abteilung 176 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 860 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 320 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 34 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 988 | ||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 76. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 189th Oak Leaves 31 January 1943 | |||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 545 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the Nachrichtenzug/Grenadier-Regiment 948 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 25 | Awarded (847th) Oak Leaves 28 April 1945 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Radfahr-Bataillon 402 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 27 | Awarded 255th Oak Leaves 20 June 1943 | |||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 179 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 4 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 109 | Awarded 831st Oak Leaves 14 April 1945 | |||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Chief of the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst of the Reserves | Commander of Flak-Sturm-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 95. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 53 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfähnrich | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 | Awarded 781st Oak Leaves 12 March 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the Stabsstaffel/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Unterscharführer | Messenger squad leader in the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf" | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 46. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 830th Oak Leaves 14 April 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 51 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 9./Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg" | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Chief of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille and commander of | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of Bataillon "Feldherrnhalle" | Killed in action 19 February 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1056 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Jäger-Regiment 38 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Erprobungsgruppe 210 | Killed in action 27 September 1940 | ||||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer of the Reserves | Commander of SS-Panzerjäger-(Sturmgeschütz)Abteilung 10 "Frundsberg" and leader of a Kampfgruppe | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 16./Transportgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 9.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow" | Killed in action 5 March 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 225 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114 | Killed in action 14 July 1943 | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Shock troops leader in Sturm-Bataillon AOK 8 | Awarded 775th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945 | |||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 1./SS-Festungs-Regiment 1 "Besslein" (Breslau) | ||||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Kapitän zur See | Commander of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK-2) | Awarded 45th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 122 | Killed in action 28 September 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 254 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 67 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of Pionier-Ersatz and Ausbildungs Bataillon 213 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 20 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139 | |||||
| + | Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 25 | Awarded 754th Oak Leaves 24 February 1945 | |||
| Heer | Oberwachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 245 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Deputy leader of Aufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 1 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | Chief engineer on and | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 670 (self-motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 3 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 53 | Awarded 713th Oak Leaves 24 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 727 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 35. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 313th Oak Leaves 28 October 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 43 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 7. Panzer-Division | Awarded 10th Oak Leaves 20 March 1941 6th Swords 20 January 1942 6th Diamonds 11 March 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 18 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 3./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Company troop leader in the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 6 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 119 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 96 | Died of wounds 4 December 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 88 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 173 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 328 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 194 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 89 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Infanterie-Regiment 62 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 2./Sturm-Regiment 195 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Panzer-Abteilung 190 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 26 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 16./Flak-Regiment "General Göring" (motorized) | Awarded 725th Oak Leaves 1 February 1945 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Unterscharführer | Gun leader in the 2./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Reich" | Died of wounds 30 July 1941 | ||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of Reichsgrenadier-Division "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Fliegerführer Nord | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the IV.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Commander of Flak-Regiment 38 | |||||
| Heer | Wachtmeister | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 235 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 1./Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 212 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 208 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 105 | |||||
| Heer | Oberwachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Gebirgs-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 94 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 11 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Radio operator in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 25 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 3.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 544 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 13. Infanterie-Division (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 26 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 335 | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 176 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 1./SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11 "Nordland" | Killed in action 12 February 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 1122 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 353 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Jäger-Regiment 204 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OBdL | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Schützen-Regiment 115 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Panzer commander and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Shock troops leader in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 49 (motorized) | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Adjutant in the I./SS-Grenadier-Regiment 8 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of Erprobungsgruppe 210 | Killed in action 15 August 1940 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Commander of gemischte Flak-Abteilung 303 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1091 | |||||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | Commander of auxiliary cruiser Widder (HSK-3) | Awarded 158th Oak Leaves 23 December 1942 | |||
| Heer | Rittmeister | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 227 (A.A.) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 55 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | Awarded 229th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 42nd Swords 25 November 1943 10th Diamonds 29 March 1944 1st Golden Oak Leaves 29 December 1944 | |||
| Heer | Gefreiter | Group leader in the 3./Jäger-Regiment 229 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 45 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 123 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | Awarded 447th Oak Leaves 11 April 1944 126th Swords 26 January 1945 | |||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 163. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Company troop leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 438 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" | Killed in action 2 August 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Adjutant in Divisions-Gruppe 330 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 332 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 63 | |||||
| [8] | Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the I./niederl. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Regiment 48 "General Seyffardt" | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Sturm-Pionier-Bataillon 178 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111 | Killed in action 23 November 1944 | ||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelführer of the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 9 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitän zur See | Commodore leader of the Minensuchboote West | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 128 | Awarded 648th Oak Leaves 16 November 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 122 | Awarded 789th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Gun leader in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 294 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 306 | Killed in action 26 February 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 211 | |||||
| + | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Artillerie-Regiment 8 "Florian Geyer" | Awarded 721st Oak Leaves 1 February 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Radio/wireless operator in the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generaloberst | Commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe Süd | Awarded 519th Oak Leaves 1 July 1944 133rd Swords 18 February 1945 | |||
| Heer | Leutnant | Deputy leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 532 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 279 | |||||
| Heer | General der Infanterie | Commanding general of the V. Armeekorps | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 97. Jäger-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 54 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 15 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 324 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 11 (motorized) | Awarded 771st Oak Leaves 11 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 126 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 7 |
Siegfried Rieger is not listed by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). According to Veit Scherzer Rieger received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 April 1945, as Oberfeldwebel in the Heer and Sprengkommando of the Luftwaffe I/III in Luftgaukommando Berlin.
de:Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
. 2000 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . de . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.